Replacement refs: The story the NFL wants to keep quiet

damn, that ish wasnt even close. perfect throw and catch

Regular season and we would have challenged

Wow, hadnt seen that picture before.....wtf

Alot of fans feel the exact opposite , the NFL can't and won't let the inmates run the system.Am I happy with everything ...no, but with that said, to hell with Vilma and with the saints ....they were told to stop over and over and didn't but overall I like what the commissioner is doing.
Hear, Hear..........

At least they can spot choke holds against our defensive line right? :laughing-

Anymore calls like that punt call in the first and the old refs will be back any min!.

That was awful. It made absolutely no sense either. The ball was four yards from the end zone. The missed catch was just as bad. A regular red would have gotten that one.

That was just in the first 2 quarters of one game and they were just blatantly obvious. I am sure there were missed penalty flag all over, and nouances the game day refs would have called.

Here's a nice rundown (http://deadspin.com/5933558/how-bad-were-replacement-refs-last-night-lets-examine-the-video-evidence) of all the missed calls from Thursday night. And there's also a nice story here (http://deadspin.com/5932679/the-replacement-ref-who-worked-the-hall-of-fame-game-may-have-been-dismissed-from-the-lingerie-football-league?tag=replacement-refs) about the ref from the Lingerie Football League that apparently might have been kicked out of that before he was chosen to be on the crew for the HOF game. And just to top it off (PFT disclaimer), here is a story (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/07/pereira-says-nfl-is-embellishing-the-credentials-of-replacement-officials/) from PFT about Mike Pereira (former VP of officiating for NFL and now Fox employee) saying the league is trying to embellish the credentials of the replacements.

Why would you offer a disclaimer for PFT news report? Are you under the impression they simply make up interviews?

Why would you offer a disclaimer for PFT news report? Are you under the impression they simply make up interviews?

I do that because even though PFT has been growing on me, their reputation as a legit news source is still questionable amongst the populace. Just by quoting a PFT article, I'm opening myself up to criticism from people who still don't think PFT has any credibility, hence why I included the disclaimer.

Are you under the impression I think PFT has nothing to offer? Because while they don't exactly post relevant news some of the time, there are other instances where they post credible info.

Seriously thought FRPLG, as a long time member of this board, you should be pretty familiar by now with the problems people have with PFT.

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